Ludwig Loewe

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(3/31/01 8:15:10 am)
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As far as I know, this company was merged into DWM in 1896. I know some deliveries of Loewe contract rifles were made as late as 1900, but does this company's name on a receiver indicate MANUFACTURE before 1899? As you know, this question is of more than academic interest.

Why would anyone want a Brazilian '94 unless they wanted every Mauser ever made (hopeless even for Gates)?

The answer lies in Mario Vargas LLosa's La Guerra del Fin del Mundo." I don't know the translation title (maybe World's End War?, and of course he's Peruvian), but the book deals with a messianic insurrection in Northern Brazil in 1897, and these were the rifles used, finally, to suppress it.

Why did I think anyone would be interested in this obscure corner of history?

I will not scoff at any attempt to own all the Mausers. I am several thousand dollars into attempting to own all the Winchesters...
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